Bug #1592

Test Server Account Transfer Malfunction with Cosmetics Purchased on Previous PTBs but Unowned on Live

Status:	Open
Priority:	Medium
Added by:	notjared on February 24, '26
Assigned to:	Unassigned
Due date:
Reported for:	9.5.0 PTB
Actual Result:	Cosmetics purchased in previous PTB versions but currently unowned on Live Servers will flicker onto your characters while the Character menu is unopened while in Custom Lobbies.
Expected Result:	Unowned cosmetics are not applied to your character at any point unless previewing in the Store
Severity:	Cosmetic
Reproducibility:	Always
Platform:	Steam
Additional Notes & Comments:	Not set

Steps to Reproduce

1. In a previous version on a PTB account, unlock a cosmetic unowned on Live Servers.
2. Transfer your Live Servers account information to your Test Server account. (Thus, the information that the unowned cosmetic is unowned should be transferred and overwrite your previous PTB data.)
3. Update to the PTB version which had the Live Servers account information transferred onto it
4. Open a Custom Lobby
5. Select the character which you purchased a cosmetic on, in the previous PTB version. They should be wearing their Default Outfit, since the previous outfit worn is no longer owned.
6. Close the "Characters" / character select tab (so that you're just viewing the players/Survivors)
7. The currently unowned/previously owned cosmetic should suddenly be incorrectly applied to your character
8. It will remain like this until you add/edit a bot or re-open the Characters menu

Explanation

There was a malfunction where the Account Transferring to the PTB overrides unlocks made in a previous version of a different PTB so that a player's Inventory/unlocks are more accurate to what they have on Live Servers. This on its own is not an issue, however, if a player enters a Custom Lobby and selects a character on which they purchased a cosmetic on a previous PTB version which they do not own in the Live Server account information that was transferred over to the current PTB, then their characters can flicker to be shown wearing the "ghost" cosmetic that is no longer owned when the Character Select menu is closed, until something in the menu is interacted with or the Character Select menu is re-opened.

Is this a bug that exclusively affects the PTB and is purely cosmetic? Yes. But it's still a bug and I worry about things like this accumulating into potentially worse cascading effects.

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